Two runners discuss how to combine strength training with race prep without getting injured. They cover managing training intensity for long distances, balancing running volume with weights, and why injury prevention matters more than pushing harder.
So yeah, it helps with the legs. So then if somebody's got enough elevation to train on though I'll prefer the specificity of training on the elevation. But strength training is still like, I still use it as kind of a strength injury prevention like mechanism during the week. And a lot of runners, they want to get low weight and high reps is what they want to do. But you're already doing a ton of volume running. So the way that I like to approach it and a lot of coaches approach it is actually heavier weights, lower reps. Because if you're already doing a lot of running volume and then you throw a lot of lifting volume on top of that, you're probably just going to hurt yourself.
So how do you navigate that? Meaning how do you know like what those lines are? Especially when you're preparing people for a race, like when you're just kind of doing everyday stuff, right? There's this barrier, it's a barrier. You don't want to get hurt, but it's like a different type of I don't want to get hurt. When you're preparing for something like a 50 mile race.
